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OCTOBER 11, 2016

Today’s tip: #151–8 Popular Year-long Assessments. Category: ASSESSMENTS. Share this with other grade-level teachers, parents, even the library media specialist. Assess them anecdotally regularly to track progress. Effort —assess student tech knowledge based on process not product.

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MAY 14, 2021

International Children’s Digital Library. The ICDL offers over 4,600 digital children’s books in over 59 languages that exhibit tolerance and respect for diverse cultures, languages, and ideas. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library.

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MAY 23, 2022

Kiddom is an all-in-one education platform for remote or in-person learning or a hybrid of the two that provides a high-quality digital curriculum capable of integrating curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one location. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Assess learning –today’s favorite is gameshow webtools such as Kahoot and Quizizz. You can also try critical thinking games like a Digital Breakout Room that require a deeper understanding of the fullness of what was learned. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. New Ways to Gamify Learning.

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JULY 13, 2023

1 – Use technology Pretty much everything is digital these days so we rely on software and technology to even basic tasks. Using technology can help you pack studying into your schedule to make sure you get the most out of your time. This is good news for exam preparation, however.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. Check out my PBL and Technology Integration Workshop. Common Sense Media Student Video Library.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Technology is one of the areas where self-education, or autodidacticism, can bring outstanding results and allow an individual to achieve professional success without holding official certifications to prove his knowledge and skills. Professors have a large perspective of the field and thus can better assess future directions.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Let’s start with seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: Include digital ebooks in your class library. Include online libraries with student resources. Expect digital class presentations to include video, audio, music, or a mixture of digital tools. Category: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT.

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APRIL 5, 2019

All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs. provide an overarching curriculum map for using technology in your school. provide access to full text PDF (or videos where relevant) from every digital device in your school, 24 hours a day. As many as the school wants.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Many of us find students benefit greatly when the school employs curriculum-based assessments to measure progress. Because by teaching, assessing knowledge, tracking progress, and personalizing to student needs, we can determine if students are accomplishing what they must to complete the work of learning. What is Measuring Up?

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. Although many professors still favor hard copies, online libraries have also made their way into the course plan in some places across the globe. His biggest passion is, of course, technology.

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JULY 27, 2018

Eric Sheniger, a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Leadership in Education, argues that when considering changes, especially in the realm of education technology, administrators should begin by naming the reasons behind our decision before doing anything else. Collect and assess data easily and quickly.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A couple dozen of us–teachers, library media specialists, tech integrationists, and lab teachers–gathered virtually for three-five-week-classes that included: The Tech-infused Teacher. Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

In an age where many parents are not available to drive their children to a friend’s house or the library to work collaboratively on schoolwork, these virtual meeting options are quickly being accepted as part of the learning culture. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Ease of Differentiation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

The courses are the latest addition to Vector’s award-winning library of Student Safety & Wellness Courses. We’ve expanded our course library to help students with additional topics they are reading about or, tragically, experiencing. The courses can also be used for remediation.

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MAY 25, 2022

This is the only service that can access the libraries like Elsevier/Scopus and Springer & Nature. Let’s see what each of them offers before assessing which one is the best. The website claims to have advanced machine learning technologies, however, Copyleaks “keeps” your texts after checking them.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Students finish the program with an assessment of knowledge and certificates. Part of this is a large library of online interactive tools including videos and game-like activities. Set one game aside to play at the end of the year as a summative assessment. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

This can be stored in the Podcast Library (mentioned below). Podcast Library: Curate the varied student-created podcasts into a library of podcasts for present and future students. Show students how to use them and then offer them often as an alternative when assessing knowledge. More on multimedia in education.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Here’s an excellent collection of great apps for your classroom — to cover writing, research, and assessment. Storyboard That is a leader among online digital storytelling tools thanks to its comic-based themes, clean layout, vast collection of story pieces, varied strip layouts, and intuitive drag-and-drop interface.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

In this post I would like to introduce you to way that you can ensure the standards are amplified, and not ignored, by the integration of educational technology. They include; One-Half Day PBL Splash, Full Day PBL Starter; and a One-Half Day Technology Workshop dedicated to amplifying standards and process using Technology.

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MAY 30, 2017

Teachers can add quizzes that assess student math knowledge by selecting the grade, the topic, one of the suggested Zap Zap Math games, and the duration. Use this is a tool to assess overall math health and provide a deep dive into areas where students need help. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based on real-life applications and digital tools, lessons in Essential Skills for Remote Learning guide students through technical concepts in a fun, game-based environment. Airy School.

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JUNE 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler.

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OCTOBER 23, 2019

Common practice was to assign a chapter to read in a textbook and then a worksheet to assess student knowledge. Topics include languages, music, technology, social studies, science, engineering, maths, journalism, and more. Most include class ideas for usage and an assessment to determine if students got what you put out there.

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JULY 27, 2015

Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning. Many teachers noted that it was as important to them to validate their approach to teaching technology in their classroom as it was to extend their learning.

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DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology. Everything was then placed into Google Drive.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The company also offers a set of Student Safety and Wellness courses for students on topics such as bullying, suicide and digital citizenship and resources such as whitepapers and webinars to help teachers and administrators deal with issues of student mental health and trauma stemming from the pandemic.

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JULY 21, 2015

All students understood the importance of teaching digital citizenship, but often there was no cohesive plan to organically blend lessons into classes where students use the internet. A comment from one student: As a technology teacher I was not sure what to expect from this course. Middleton Digital Learning and Technology.

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MARCH 19, 2019

I subscribe to lots of technology-in-education forums (here’s a list of my trusted education advisors ) and attend as many webinars as I can. Teachers upload (called “create” in Peergrade) an assignment to the Peergrade website and add a rubric (which can be adapted from Peergrade’s library or built by the teacher).

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Billion has been invested in US K-12 education technology companies since 2010. Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Next, students learn about heroes and their attributes using their text and the library. Students learn about heroes and their attributes using their text and the library. –

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MAY 23, 2017

You’re technophobic, but lately feel like teaching without technology is like looking at a landscape through a straw: You’re missing a lot. Technology in education is the greatest show on earth. .” ” Education’s fix requires technology. Digital portfolios—via wikis. You want to change that.

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APRIL 19, 2016

It’s become clear to me that for most of them, adding technology to their lessons means layering more work on top of their already overburdened lesson plans. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. have online libraries included with student resources.

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AUGUST 24, 2021

Bottom line: Ask an administrator or your technology department for guidance before you get started. News and Media Literacy Digital Citizenship Lessons -- News and media literacy is one of the six core digital citizenship topics covered in our curriculum. Library Streaming and Video Services. Grades: 3-12.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In fact, with Kiddom, you get everything you love about Google Classroom as well as the features only Kiddom brings to learning such as: the ability to plan, assess, and analyze via a free library of standards-aligned resources. media library –collect and share media resources. GPS –find map locations around the world.

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OCTOBER 4, 2016

It is part of Commoncraft’s Education series, including videos on libraries, Twitter, and augmented reality. When played through BrainPop, Win the White House includes quizzes (and other assessment ideas), opportunities to dig deeper into related topics, lesson ideas, game guides, tips and tutorials, and standards-aligned lesson plans.

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APRIL 25, 2016

Rubrics are a well-accepted, even transformative tool for assessing student knowledge over a breadth of criteria. The pre-online versions weren’t dynamic or flexible, couldn’t be re-used, and few teachers had the time or energy to build these summative, purpose-built assessments. More on assessment: How Do You Grade Tech?

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